Belt or the like for personal wear



Sept. 171, 1934. E. s. Mlx 1,973,646

BELT OR THE LIKE FOR PERSONAL WEAR Filed Feb. 28, 1934 Yto Patented Sept. 11, 1934 UNirso STATES BELT on 'rus LIKE Fon PERSONAL WEAR Edwin S. Mix, Rochesten. N. Y., assignor to Hickok Manufacturing Company, Inc., Rochester, N, Y., a corporationof New York Application February 28,f19f34,Se1 ial No. 713,398 y 7 claims'. (c1. zii- 8) f This `invention relates to belts orthe like for personal wear. I f

vOneobject of the invention is `to provide a belt or the like for personal wear embodying the usual or other end fastening buckle straps with the body ofthe belt composed of more or less i elastic or stretchable material and which may be formed in a single operation. Another object resides in the provision of a belt or the like for personal wear consisting of a core of elastic material and a covering of `extensible linterwoven or other extensible fabricV material whereby upon stretching of the elastic material the braided or interwoven fabric covering is extended according to the stretch of-theelastic material. v

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully'described, illustrated in the accom@ panying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that vari'- ous changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of -the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view of a belt constructed in` accordance with the present invention. Y Y Fig. 2 is a longitudinal horizontal sectiona view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. "Figi 3 is a transverse sectional View on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Fig. 4. is an enlarged fragmentary view of the belt with parts broken away to more clearly illustrate the belt body. v

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the reference characters'A and B indicate any suitable type` of buckle straps. In the'present instance, the buckle strap A is folded intermediate its ends to provide the outer' and inner folded portions 1 and 2, respectively. rThe outer folded portion 1 is shown a's'being cf greater length than the inner folded portion 2 and the inner end of the folded por-' tion 2 is Vbeveled and sewed to the outer folded portion l along a transverse line, as indicated at 3.

The folding ofthe portions land 2 ofthe buckle strapA results in the formation of a transverse seat 5 adapted to receive the inner connecting end of a buckle 6. r'I'he'ii'nierV end of the buckle is held in said seat line of transverse stitching 7 and the bight portion is provided with an opening 8 for the passage of the buckle tongue 8 wihch may be of any suit-` able shape or form. v

The inner end of the longer folded portion l Vof the 'buckle strap A is slitted or bifurcated 'as vat 9 for a purpose presently explained and the usual belt loop 10 is secured between the -outerland inner folded portions 1 arid2 between theV lines Vof stitching 3 and 7, as shown;A

The; buckle strap Bis slitted or bifurcated at its inner end, as at 1l', for a purpose presently explained and kthroughout substantially they length of its 'bodythis buckle strap B is provided with a plurality of aperturesY 12 to receive the tongue 8 of the buckle 6 in theusual and Well'known manner to secure the belt 'on the wearer.' with the buckle strapB passed over the outer .face'of the bucklestrap A` through the aforesaid' loop 10. The-belt body is indicated at C and it is of a peculiarstructure, including a core composed of elastic webbing or. other suitable elastic material 13 and a covering `of .extensible interwoven or braided fabric 14. The vbraided covering consists of interlaced strands arranged diagonally with one setof diagonally disposed strands crossing the other set of diagonal strands andinterlaced therewith. These diagonally` arrangedY crossed strands may be of one color or mixed colors, as desired. This covering LofV interwoven or braided fabric is unattached to the elastic material ex*- cept atthe ends thereof and there only when the ends of the belt body are secured to the belt buckle straps A and B. Both edges of the elastic material are rough, as indicated at 15, and the edges of the fabric covering have a tight en.- -gagernent with the rough edges of the elastic webbing and longitudinal creeping of the `flexible fabric covering on the core is thereby prevented. The `elastic webbing and the inter-'- Woven` covering are of substantially the same length and under the influence ofk a stretching action on the elastic webbing. the' interwoven fabric 'covering becomes extensible according to O the degree of stretch-of the elastic core.

Thecore and'braided covering are not made as separate units and thenbrought together.' On the vother hand, the braid is applied Vover the ,core by a machine in one operation. 105

Care is exercised withr regard to the tension used inthe-braiding operation so as to draw the braid snugly over theedges of the core to prevent the shifting of the braid along the rcore Whilefthe belt is being worn orstretched. There llO is aA .ratherfree mountingof the flat sides of the. braided .covering on the flat elastic sides ofthe webbing compared with a'relatively tight frictional engagement of the. braided Vcovering withfthe` Vroughfedges lof thefelastic webbing. lil-5 Owing to theinterweaving of thel strands of the fabric or braided covering the covering is eX- tensible under the influence of varying stretching action on the elastic webbing and the structurel of the braided fabric covering is such that i420 the covering narrows with a narrowing of the elastic webbing as the latter narrows under a stretching action and widens to its normal width as the elastic webbing widens upon release of tension thereon.

For ornamental purposes the strands of which the braided fabric is composed may be of various colors with the result that a highly-attractive belt results and owing to the single operation or method in producing the body of the belt on the one machine the belt is relatively inexpensive to manufacture. e

One end of the lbelt body is secured bysewing or otherwise, as indicated at 3, in the bifurcation 9 of the buckle strap A while the opposite end of the belt body is secured in the bifurcation 11 of the buckle strap B by sewing or otherwise, as indicated at 16. 1

The buckle straps and buckle are not the essential featuresv of the present invention.' The essential feature of the present invention goes' to the stretchable belt body composed of'an elastic core such as elastic webbing, and an interwoven or braided extensible covering having non-creeping engagement with the edges of the elastic webbing or core'. y

The fabric covering, in this instance, is composed preferably of fiat strands of relatively soft fabric material of two different or contrasting colors and these strands under the stretching operation are readily extensible. In the belt body illustrated, the strands are so woven and interlaced as to Yprovide alternately diagonally arranged black and silver colored lines 17 and 18, respectively, extending from edge to edge of the belt body on both sides thereof, but it is to be understood that other color schemes may be adopted or a solidcolor employed. The pitch or angle of the diagonal strands 17 and 18 is considered essential to effective extensible operation of the covering with relation to the stretch of thev elastic webbing.

If the belt body is stretched the diagonally disposed fabric strands extend slightly by reason of .the stretching of the belt body and these strands retreat to normal position when the stretch is released. In other words, in accordance with the stretch of the elastic webbing the diagonal strands give under the pull on the elastic core or webbing but do. not expose the latter owing to the opposite diagonal vinterlocked relation of the strands, concealing the elastic webbing within the covering.

What is claimed is: 1

. 1.4 A belt or the like for personalwear including a fiat core composed of elastic material and -a covering of extensible braided fabric free of the faces of the elastic material lengthwise along the latter between the ends thereof,v and along both edges of the elastic material having tight frictional engagement therewiththroughout the Ylength thereof so as to thereby render the covering extensible under the influence of a stretching-action of -the elastic material.

2. A belt or the like for personal wear including a flat core composedf'of elastic webbing andav covering of interwoven strands of fabric free of the faces of the elastic webbing lengthwise'along the latter between the ends thereof and which webbing and; fabric covering are of substantially the same length, the covering having relatively tight frictional engagement with. the edges of the elastic webbing whereby the covering is readily extensible under the influence of a stretching action on the webbing.

3. A belt or the like for personal wear including a belt body composed of a strip of flat elastic webbing and a covering of extensible material composed of closely interwoven diagonally disposed narrow strands of material formed over the elastic webbing and free of the flat faces of the elastic webbing between the ends thereof and having tight frictional engagement with the edges of the elastic webbing, the strands of the interwoven material being loosely arranged alongl the inner and outer flat face of the elastic webbing.

4. A belt or the like for personal wear including a belt body composed of a flat strip of thin elastic webbing and a covering of extensible material covering the elastic webbing and composedV of interwoven diagonally arranged strands of fabric material free of the side faces of the webbing'between the ends of the latter and having vrelatively tight frictional engagement with the edges of the elastic webbing whereby the covering is extensible upon stretching of the elastic webbing, and fastening means secured to the ends of the said belt body.

5. A belt body composed of a flat strip of elastic webbing having roughened longitudinal edges and a covering of extensible material composedof interwoven diagonally arranged strands `of fabric material formed over the elastic webbing and free of the sides of the webbing and having a tight engagement with the roughened edges of the elastic webbing whereby the covering is extensible upon stretching of the elastic webbing and the covering maintained against undue creeping with relation to the elastic webbing incide-nt to the tight engagement of the covering with the rough edges of the elastic webbing. f

6. A belt body composed of a flat strip of elastic webbing having roughened longitudinal edges and a covering of extensible material composed of interwoven diagonally arranged strands of fabric material formed over the elastic webbing and free of the side faces of the webbing between the ends thereof and having a tight engagement with the roughened edges of the elastic webbing whereby the covering is extensible upon stretching of the elastic webbing and the coveringmaintained against undue creeping with relation to the elastic webbing incident to the tight engagement of the covering with the rough edges of the elastic webbing, the strands of fabric material being of contrasting colors, and buckle straps secured to the ends of the said belt body.

7. A belt or the like for personal wear including a core composed of elastic material and having a roughened portion, anda covering of extensible braid fabric enclosing the elastic material and having relatively tight connection with the roughened portion of the elastic webbing to prevent creeping of the covering on the elastic material, and buckle straps secured to the ends of the elastic material and the ends of the fabric covering.

EDWIN S. MIX.. 

